2005 Lisburn City Council election
# 2005 Lisburn City Council election

Elections to Lisburn City Council were held on 5 May 2005 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used five district electoral areas to elect a total of 30 councillors.

## Election results

Lisburn City Council Election Result 2005 :

| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DUP | 13 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 43.3 | 40.7 | 17,238 | 20.5 |
| Ulster Unionist | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 23.3 | 22.7 | 9,625 | 12.5 |
| Sinn Féin | 4 | 0 | 0 | | 13.3 | 16.6 | 7,092 | 0.6 |
| Alliance | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 10.0 | 9.2 | 3,907 | 1.8 |
| SDLP | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 10.0 | 8.5 | 3,894 | |
| NI Conservatives | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 333 | 0.6 |
| Green (NI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.7 | 284 | 0.7 |

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes.

## Districts summary

Results of the Lisburn City Council election, 2005 by district :

| Ward | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | % | Cllrs | Total Cllrs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ward | DUP | DUP | UUP | UUP | Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin | Alliance | Alliance | SDLP | SDLP | Others | Others | | Total Cllrs |
| Downshire | 48.7 | 2 | 36.8 | 2 | 1.3 | 0 | 13.2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dunmurry Cross | 13.6 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 58.2 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 21.5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Killultagh | 48.4 | 3 | 21.5 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 11.6 | 1 | 3.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Lisburn Town North | 44.6 | 3 | 31.8 | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 12.7 | 1 | 5.8 | 0 | 2.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Lisburn Town South | 59.8 | 4 | 17.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 0 | 17.7 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 40.7 | 13 | 22.7 | 7 | 16.6 | 4 | 9.2 | 3 | 8.5 | 3 | 2.3 | 0 | 30 |

## Districts results

### Downshire

2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Alliance 2005: 2 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

### Dunmurry Cross

2001: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x UUP 2005: 4 x Sinn Féin, 2 x SDLP, 1 x DUP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

### Killultagh

2001: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP 2005: 3 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP 2001-2005 Change: DUP gain from UUP

### Lisburn Town North

2001: 4 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 3 x DUP, 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP (two seats) gain from UUP and Independent

### Lisburn Town South

2001: 3 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x DUP, 1 x Independent 2005: 4 x DUP, 1 x UUP, 1 x Alliance 2001-2005 Change: DUP (three seats) gain from UUP (two seats) and Independent

